Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Matthew 6:19

Context
NETBible

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth 1  and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

XREF

Job 31:24; Ps 39:6; Ps 62:10; Pr 11:4; Pr 16:16; Pr 23:5; Ec 2:26; Ec 5:10-14; Zep 1:18; Lu 12:21; Lu 18:24; 1Ti 6:8-10,17; Heb 13:5; Jas 5:1-3; 1Jo 2:15,16

NET © Notes

tn The term σής (shs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.



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